Archive for September, 2011

The Search Industry Respects 9/11 Ten Years Later

2011/09/11

I cannot believe ten years ago today was the day of such terror that hit New York and all Americans. Today, on September 11, 2001, is a day no one will forever forget. Everyone I know, remembers what they were doing, where they were and the events of the day..

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Search Engines & 9/11: Remembrances Today; Some Thoughts Of Then

2011/09/11

The major search engines are all memorializing the 10th anniversary of 9/11 on their home pages today.

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Justifying the Value of SEO

2011/09/11

Most people don’t set fair expectations for a search engine optimization (SEO) effort.

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Facebook vs. Toilets: Facebook Wins [Study]

2011/09/10

A study from the London Science Museum shows that Brits would have real trouble living without Facebook.

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New iGoogle Design Upsets Users

2011/09/10

iGoogle has launched a new design and it was quietly announced in the Google Web Search Help forums.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: JLU Scandal Continues

2011/09/10

When I wrote my last article, Being Bad For Great Justice: A New Privacy Scandal Rocks Second Life, and sent it upstairs to the folks that post it, I sent in a warning that things would, sooner or later, get ugly over the topic.

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Questions On Google Places? Google Is Taking Them.

2011/09/10

A Google Places Help thread announced Google is now taking questions from businesses owners on Google Places related questions…

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Google Prompts Iranian Users to Re-Secure Their Gmail Accounts

2011/09/10

After a certificate verification authority in the Netherlands was compromised, Iranian Google users became vulnerable to phishing, spying, and other cyber-attacks. Google is urging users to re-secure their Gmail accounts immediately

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Lazy Google Quality Raters, Can It Be?

2011/09/10

A WebmasterWorld thread has a post from one webmaster who decided to try to see how much investigation work a Google Quality Rater does on a whole when investigating and responding to a Google reconsideration request…

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